Oral history interview with Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig

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Oral history interview with Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig

1992 September 2-4

An interview of Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig conducted 1992 September 2-4, by Paul Karlstrom, at their home in Seattle, Washington, for the Archives of American Art. Spafford and Sandvig discuss their marriage and their separate careers, and the controversy and trial resulting from Spafford's "Labors of Hercules" murals at the Washington State Capital Assembly Chamber in Olympia.

Sound recordings: 5 sound cassettes (60 min. each) : analog.Transcript: 99 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7917218

Archives of American Art

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Sandvig, Elizabeth, 1937-

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Spafford, Michael, 1935-

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Spafford (b. 1935) is a painter and educator; he married painter and sculptor Elizabeth Sandvig in 1959. From the description of Oral history interview with Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig, 1992 Sept. 2-4 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83688696 Spafford, Michael, 1935, Painter, sculptor. Spafford (b. 1935) is a painter and educator; he married painter and sculptor Elizabeth Sandvig in 1959. From the description o...

Karlstrom, Paul J.

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Karlstrom: Director and area collector of the Archives of American Art, San Francisco office. Siegriest: painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California. Oliveira: painter and teacher; Stanford, California. Keinholz: assemblage artist; California and Idaho. Wood: Ceramist, Calif. From the description of [Photographs of California artists]. 1976-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220199675 ...